Former East Central University football player Tom Darter has been named the recipient of the 2015 Milam Award.

The Milam Award is presented annually at ECU’s homecoming football game to a former Tiger football player who not only excelled in the classroom and on the gridiron, but also distinguished himself in his chosen career. The award is named in honor of Joe Milam, a former educator and coach in the states of Oklahoma and Texas.

Miss Oklahoma Georgia Frazier will serve as the grand marshal of East Central University’s 2015 Homecoming Parade, which is set for Saturday at noon along Main Street in Ada.

The parade is one of many activities on tap for the weekend. Those attending ECU’s Homecoming festivities can keep up-to-date on activities throughout the weekend on the ECU Tiger Homecoming Facebook Page.

Candidates for East Central University’s 2015 Homecoming Queen/King have been announced. The king and queen will be crowned at halftime Saturday of the Tigers’ football game with Arkansas-Monticello. The kickoff is at 4 p.m.

The East Central University Athletic Department will host “ECU Haunted Hoops” Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the Kerr Activities Center, immediately following the conclusion of the Tigers’ volleyball match against Langston that starts at 7 p.m.

Admission to the volleyball match and “ECU Haunted Hoops” is free.

Put on as a joint effort between the Tigers men’s and women’s basketball teams, the event will feature contests, prizes, free treats courtesy of Landmark Bank, introductions of the 2015-16 ECU basketball teams and an autograph session with players.

When East Central University students seek a certain person to play them in ping pong, they often ask Norden Tamang.

Chances are Tamang, an ECU freshman from Nepal, is going to come out the winner, considering she won the 37th National Table Tennis Championship for 2015 for the junior division in her home country of Nepal.

Tamang reached the national tournament by winning one of 75 district tourneys in her home country. She also captured a pair of bronze medals while competing in a tournament in New Deli in June.

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